Attributed to DAVID DICK

Attributed to DAVID DICK
(circa 1655 Bern 1701/1702)Swiss military camp with soldiers. 1704.Oil on canvas.Verso inscribed and dated: D. Dick de Berne fecit et invenit. A° 1704.47.7 × 65 cm.

Lot 6021 - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only

Provenance:
Swiss private collection.

David Dick was a Bernese history and landscape painter who worked in the circle of Joseph Werner (1637–1710).

Oil on canvas, lined. Verso inscribed and dated: D. Dick de Berne fecit et invenit. A° 1704. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure. Slight stretcher marks visible along the margins.
Under UV light areas of retouching visible on the figures and in the landscape, as well as further areas of retouching in the sky. Varnish fluoresces greenish.
Frame: 77.5 × 60.5 cm.

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